CVICURN2003

CVICURN2003

CVICU, MICU, CCRN-CSC

Member

  • Content

    216

  • Visitors

    4,348

  • Followers

    0

  • Likes

    2

All Content by CVICURN2003

  1. Rough Nights at Work

    CVICURN2003 replied to incublissRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Call me morbid....but I love these kind of patients.:innerconf Ofcourse I like for them to get better and come back to see us, which frequently happens in our CVICU (sometimes not, obviously). I am...

  2. Taking the CMC exam

    CVICURN2003 replied to ZuZuTrauma's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I take the CSC next Tuesday...I have had a hard time finding anyone that has taken it. So..the med ed stuff helped you? I will try those if I fail. I am mostly studying Robert Bojar's book. That is...

  3. How do you get the nursing care done with hourly rounding & computer documentation?

    CVICURN2003 replied to medsurgrnco's topic in General Nursing

    you must work in an HCA facility...welcome to our world...we can't care for the pts because the paperwork MUST get

  4. 2 Codes One Patient One Day

    CVICURN2003 replied to HD-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Welcome to ICU....you must be an adrenaline junkie too!!!! :innerconf:innerconf:bugeyes::icon_roll some people do live to walk back in that door and see you...that is what makes all of hard work and...

  5. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    CVICURN2003 replied to deeDawntee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Congrats to all those that have passed since I last checked in!! Happy New Year! I am taking the CSC in 16 days (to be exact). The information out there on it is so vauge and I refuse to buy the AACN...

  6. Anyone else studying for CCRN exam?

    CVICURN2003 replied to deeDawntee's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats to all those that have passed since I last checked in!! Happy New Year! I am taking the CSC in 16 days (to be exact). The information out there on it is so vauge and I refuse to buy the AACN...

  7. Hows this?

    CVICURN2003 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    That's about the same starting salary for an RN with no experience in my area. Which is Georgia, including the Atlanta Metro area. All the hospitals are pretty much the same around

  8. on site daycare

    CVICURN2003 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in Georgia Nursing

    I live in NW GA and the only hospitals that I know of that have "onsite" daycare is Wellstar. And they only stay open until 1800 (so if you work 12's you are SOL). And they are not true "onsite"...

  9. New Grad in SICU

    CVICURN2003 replied to Weezie's topic in MICU, SICU

    I think everyone has given you great advice. About your personality...one of our MD's says alot of us have "strong personalities". Which in our ICU is very true. But, we also understand each others...

  10. Why be a CCU/ICU RN?

    CVICURN2003 replied to spottybug's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I am an adrenaline junkie. I have never been scared of all of the things wrong and the lines a patient has. Started as a new Grad in a CVICU. I did my preceptorship in CCU. The first time I saw a...

  11. How do you protect your identity?

    CVICURN2003 replied to mcknis's topic in General Nursing

    That's what I do!!! I have been known to flip it backwards on purpose because I felt threatened by a family member or patient. Sometimes they think you "should be able to fix Mama" no matter what and...

  12. What MD speciality do you find the most difficult to work with?

    CVICURN2003 replied to nurturing_angel's topic in General Nursing

    Our VASCULAR surgeons are the biggest jerks. Our CV surgeons are great...once you learn how to deal with them. Our CV surgeons will "test" a nurse and you really have to earn their respect, but once...

  13. ? about coding the post Open Heart pt???

    CVICURN2003 replied to rickard's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    With no compressions?? How are you circulating your drugs? By the time the IABP is inserted or chest opened..pt has already been anoxic. We do chest compressions on our open hearts. We do them from...

  14. advice for ICU<

    CVICURN2003 replied to momthenRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have been an ICU nurse for 5 years. Love it. Take care of REALLY sick people love it... I also have a wonderful family. I listen to REALLY loud music all the way home or talk to my non nurse friends...

  15. Oh, the irony . . .

    CVICURN2003 replied to mishysmom's topic in General Nursing

    A few weeks ago our pharmacy sent an antibiotic with the correct emar "sticker" on...so it scanned correctly as the right med, right dose etc. except..the actual bag (it was levaquin) was a different...

  16. Arterial Lines...?

    CVICURN2003 replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    They did this in a DAY SURGERY facility? :idea:That is way too dangerous of a procedure to do in a day surgery facility. Even an uncomplicated one can become complicated (same reason you should only...

  17. Beta agonist desensitization and metoprolol

    CVICURN2003 replied to mark2climb's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    All of our heart pts get lopressor no matter their b/p even if we have to increase the pressors. Usually it is 12.5 mg or

  18. Levophed Max dose.

    CVICURN2003 replied to fedewa0627's topic in MICU, SICU

    It's horrible to thrive on someone else's sickness.....but I like it when we make them better (which happens quite often believe it ornot). One of our surgeons and I had a discussion the other day...

  19. Levophed Max dose.

    CVICURN2003 replied to fedewa0627's topic in MICU, SICU

    50 mcg/min, I have used it at that (and more) and Vaso (10) and epi (200+ c boluses) and sometimes neo all together. And one usually it is a 2:1 patient. Because the glucose is 500+ and you are...

  20. Citrate Protocol for CRRT?

    CVICURN2003 replied to rikkemp's topic in MICU, SICU

    In my experience, citrate does not help much. They still clot off frequently. We use it on our HIT or suspected HIT patients. Or someone with an obvious contraindication to

  21. LEVO or VASO--which to wean first?

    CVICURN2003 replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    Depends on what the patient is in for GI MD's hate LEVO (kills their gut surgeries). We wean off levo first...Even on our CABG patients. We don't use vasopressin that much on our CABG pts. We just max...

  22. iabp

    CVICURN2003 replied to Feldner's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    same with us... sometimes I think they are NEVER going to take the IABP out so by then they are stable enough to be paired with a stable/not needy patient. But that happens

  23. Post OH Surgery activity advice

    CVICURN2003 replied to TXRN85's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I say "Hug your bear" 400+ times a day....we teach them to roll onto their side and then to their hip onto their back. same for getting OOB just

  24. Radio frequency ablation

    CVICURN2003 replied to Toby's mum's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our CT surgeon and our EP MD's went to a conference last week, and we are going to be a site for some research into AFIB and different procedures. When we get more info I will let you you!! Our last...

  25. Nursing Student concern

    CVICURN2003 replied to NewbieSheila's topic in General Nursing

    Altoids!!!